Engineering Head/Director

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow engineering teams across India.
• Drive performance management, career development, and team culture.
• Own and oversee hiring strategies, working closely with talent acquisition.
  

Technical Oversight

• Provide architectural guidance and technical leadership across engineering projects.
• Ensure code quality, system scalability, and operational excellence.
• Champion engineering best practices and continuous improvement.
  

Delivery Management

• Oversee execution and delivery of engineering roadmaps.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and QA to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software.
  

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a bridge between engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to leadership and clients.
  

Strategic Planning

• Contribute to product and technology strategy in alignment with business goals.
• Lead engineering capacity planning and budgeting in India operations.
  

Business Development Support (Optional/Preferred)

• Provide technical input in sales, pre-sales, and business development efforts.
• Help assess and scope new business opportunities and client requirements.
  

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of engineering experience with at least 3-5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven experience leading large, distributed engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, cloud technologies, and DevOps.
• Hands-on technical background with the ability to review code and guide architecture.
• Experience working with international clients and global product stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Prior experience managing India engineering operations is a strong plus.
• Exposure to business development or client-facing pre-sales activities is an added advantage.